April 19, 1913 FOREST AND STREAM 499 
Forest and Stream will g^ve a weekly digest of Yachting and Motor Boating events from all over the country. 
International Yacht Race, 1914. 
Sir Thomas Lipton has come back at the 
New York Y. C. with an unconditional chal¬ 
lenge for the America cup in 1914. There is 
no more to be said. Either Sir Thomas gets the 
race or the cup is his without the formality of 
contest. 
Brooklyn Y. C. 
Yachtsmen met last week to perpetuate the 
Brooklyn Y. C. The organization passed out 
of existence when the National Yacht Club was 
formed two years ago. The organization will 
retain its membership in the Yacht Racing As¬ 
sociation of Gravesend Bay. It will give one 
championship race this summer, starting and 
finishing the contest off the Atlantic Y. C. at 
Sea Gate. It is possible that the organization 
will have a station on the lower bay within an¬ 
other year. 
Port Washington Y. C. One-Design. 
(Plans on page 501.) 
The hull specification for the new one-de¬ 
sign are as follows: Length over all, 28 feet 6 
inches; length waterline, 17 feet 9 inches; beam, 
7 .feet I inch; draft, 4 feet. Keel plank is to 
be of yellow pine J 4 inch thick. Rest of plank¬ 
ing to be of cedar ^ inch thick. Sternboard of 
mahogany % inch. The top sides to be in two 
planks, with ship lap and edges riveted with 
copper rivets. 
Frames to be of oak and hackmatack, 1$]/^ 
inches center to center. In wake of keel to be 
sided 1V2 inches, moulded i >4 inches. In ends 
to be sided i}i inches, moulded il4 inches. 
Frames on sides to be knees, moulded ij 4 inches, 
sided % inch. 
Shelf to be of yellow pine ij 4 inches by 
134 inches. 
Deck Beams—Large beams at mast and each 
end of cockpit, sided P/i inches, moulded 134 
inches; connected to frames by knees. Other 
deck beams to be sided ^ inch, moulded i 34 
inches. Short beams to be sided -)4 inch, mould¬ 
ed 134 inches. 
Keelson to be of yellow pine; to be 6 inches 
amidships,, tapered at , ends, and to be sided % 
inch. 
Deck to be of white wood or other approved 
wood 7/16 inch thick, thoroughly painted and 
covered with 8-ounce canvas. Canvas to be 
carried down over sides of top strake and cov¬ 
ered with flat weather strip 134 by ^ inch yel¬ 
low pine, rounded on edges. Deck to be given 
two coats of paint. 
Boat to be fitted with two watertight bulk¬ 
heads, of approved construction, one at after 
end of cockpit and one forward of mast. 
Hatches—A small hatch to be placed on 
after deck and one on forward deck to obtain 
access to holds. 
Cockpit Floor—Cockpit floor to be cedar or 
cypress 34 inch thick. 
Coaming—Coaming to be of yellow pine of 
approved size and location. 
Fastenings—Plank to be fastened with gal¬ 
vanized clinch nails; stern board, stem and outer 
edge of bottom plank to be fastened with brass 
screws if required. Fastening of keel plank, 
frame and keelson to be galvanized iron bolts 
clinched on washers. 
Mast step to be of approved design. 
Spars to be as per sail plan. Mast, boom 
and gaff. All of spruce. Jib boom if required. 
Iron Keel—To contain about 1,100 pounds 
of cast iron well bolted to deadwood with ^ 
inch bolts. Pattern to be furnished by builder. 
Rigging to be put in place by builder and 
furnished by builder. 
All blocks, cleats, deck fittings, etc., to be 
put in place by builder and furnished by builder. 
Rudder post to be of bronze or brass i 34 
inches in diameter, and to have rudder thor¬ 
oughly bolted to it with bronze bolts. 
Tiller to have brass jaw, which is to take 
tiller, and to be fitted and fastened snugly to 
rudder post. Hinged to move, not stationary. 
Sails are to be furnished by owner. 
The boat to be given at least three coats of 
paint or varnish, of approved make and color, 
inside and outside. 
San Francisco Y. C. Increases Meno- 
bership. 
The San Francisco Y. C. now has the 
greatest enrollment in its history and is pre¬ 
paring for a very successful season. Fifty-four 
yachts are now flying the club colors and others 
will be added when the season is well under 
way. The sloops Genesta and Thelma are now 
attached to this fleet and will add greatly to 
its racing strength. The schooner Edris, built 
in the East for Captain John Barneson, has been 
fitted up following her strenuous trip around the 
Plorn, and will participate in all of the races 
this season. A feature of the season’s pro¬ 
gram is a regatta for schooners only. 
Yachts Change Hands. 
The Plollis Burgess yacht agency has sold 
the 25-foot waterline sloop yacht Irolita, owned 
by Walter K. Shaw, of Concord, Mass., to a 
member of the Boston Y. C.; the catboat 
Arbutus, owned by A. L. Merritt and C. W. 
Hall, of Quincy, Mass., to F. W. Goeller, Jr., 
of New York; the yawl Zara, owned by Man- 
ton E. Merchant, of New York, to Ralph L. 
Colton, of Philadelphia; the 21-foot waterline 
racing sloop Opitsah HI., owned by Elmer F. 
Smith, of Boston, to J. M. O’Brien, of South 
Norwalk; Conn., and the champion Eastern Y. C. 
17-foot knockabout Scarab, owned by Caleb Lor- 
ing, of Boston, to a prominent member of the 
Boston Y. C. 
Ticks From the Ship’s Clock. 
A SYNDICATE of Cleveland, Ohio, men have 
ordered designs of a Class R yacht from Gard¬ 
ner, and she will be built at City Island. 
The Addison Hannon Class P boat, from 
designs of Fred W. Goeller, Jr., is nearly planked 
in at City Island, N. Y. She will not be as long 
as most of the newer P boats and will have more 
beam. She will have the limit of displacement 
allowed by the new rules. 
Three entries have been made for the Phila- 
delphia-Bermuda race this year. They are; 
Dream, owned by Commodore Charles E. Lagen, 
Yachtsmen’s Club, Philadelphia, last year’s win¬ 
ner; Barbara IL, Vice-Commodore W. M. Dun¬ 
can, Staten Island Boat Club, and Tec, W. T. 
Wheeler, Jamaica Bay Y. C. 
I he Brooklyn Y. C., one of the oldest yacht 
clubs in the country, has been reorganized. 
The 48-foot cruising power yacht Selma, 
owned by C. F. Ackerson, of Bay Shore, N. Y., 
has been bought by Holman F. Day, of Port¬ 
land, Me. 
H. E. Bodman, of Detroit, has bought the 
53-foot over-all schooner Nokomis, which is at 
Colter's yard, Dorchester, and will start in May 
on a novel cruise to his home waters. A 12-18- 
horsepower Scripps engine is being installed, and 
the boat will go by the Erie Canal. As the boat 
draws seven feet and the canal is only about 
four and a half feet deep, he solves the problem 
thus. He will place pontoons on each side of 
the run and will partially float the boat with 
these, thus reducing his draft the required 
amount. 
Rear-Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan has 
named his new 50-foot one-design sloop, which 
is in commission at Herreshoff's, Grayling. 
The Canadian cup defender Seneca, a Class 
P boat, has been bought by Amilius Jarvis, Jr., 
a Canadian yachtsman, and will be raced in con¬ 
nection with the Perry Centennial at Put-in-Bay 
in August. 
Charles C. Allom, a possible challenger for 
the’America cup, has said that if he wins the 
international yachting event at Havre, France, 
early this summer with his 15-meter cutter Istria, 
he will he glad to have her brought to this coun¬ 
try on her own bottom to race against an .Amer¬ 
ican yacht built on the same rules as Istria. 
In changing address, the old as well as the 
new should be given. 
